THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 18, ISZO.
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By Ring W. Iiardner
To the Editor:
7 The other day I was In Philly to
spend the weekend and It
differenta. So Tiny is praying: that
he will contract a case of the shln
glen because by the time they meet
seemed J around 1 his waste he will be
years old. . -
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Uke Ifnever would, but In the interim
I would like to
make the remarks! But I was trying to tell you about
that -the bird that J this ball game. Well when you go to
nicknamed it the , a; ball game between the Pathetics
sleepy city was eer- . , , , . . .
talvly sarcastical,and whoever ; Is trying not to beat
as X have been j tnem why' according to , Tiny you
there 100 times and, half to bring along your own enter-
never got a chance
to sleep yet.
fl I A'f But anyway I
'1 would like to ex
claim to my frail readers that they's
2 ball nines in Philly and one of them
Is known as the Pathetics and the
other is hardly known at all you
might say. Well on thisaCy when
the week finely ended fh Philly I
was asked out to a balj game be
tween the Pathetics and the Red Sox
and mine host was a bird named
Tiny Maxwell who is a sporting ex
pert and the reason they call him
Tiny Is' on acct. of him being so
teeny. Well they was no; reason for
us going to the alleged ball game
to death with our converse and I
might add In regards to Mr. Maxwell
If It Isn't 2 Indelicate, that they's a
certain ailment name shingles that
starts around the waste and the old
adage eays that if it ever, meets, the
victim Is a total loss. In other words
he don't half to call up the Dr. and
even if he did. it wouldn't make no
tainments. So no sooner had the
game started when I noticed that
they was a bug in the upper deck
that had broughten a phonograph
with him. Well the minute the game
started he put on a record and Tiny
said that the advantage of that sys
tem was that if the record didn't go
very good why .the guy could put on
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SHEPHERD OF
THE HILLS
10 BIG REELS 10
SUNDAY and
MONDAY
MAY 16TH-17TH
Os Satsray, tk Utk o May, we
will mim oar regular tine. Opn
from o'clock in Ibe morning nntil
4 o'eloek tna following morainev
Rpnirt hare ben rompleted and
the new balconies are ready.
COME
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to hold In one-hand and read It out
loud and dance with the other.
4. : Or suppose you was going to a
funeral and the flowers didn't prove
very' amusing, Vhy it's a whole lot
safer, to take along, a couple daffo
dils or whatever Is your favorite -floral
piece and try and enjoy them
and not pay no tension to . the regu
lar gifts that was sent in. -. 3. , .r
. Well as X say I was over to Philly
and didn't have ao sleep and by the
time I wrote this story, why the pic
tures was all drawed for it and one
of the captions was "A Good Cabinet
Member Shouldn't Venture Out Any
wheres Without a Good Cushion,"
and I don't tnow what It means, but
I have got to put It in to fit the Il
lustration, but In the mean wile I
want to state that a good young man
shouldn't ought to venture to Phila
delphia and think he's going to get
any sleep. . ! . ' ,
RING W. LARDNER.
' Greenwich, Conn., May -4.
D. Fairbanks
ComplefeSv
; New Film
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS established a
new record for the cost of 'produc
tion.; eclipsing all . high marks since the
beginning of his screen career, when he
f i nished the filming, -thta - week, of "The
Mollycoddle,'' bis third ; United Artists
picture. ' ' ' '' J ; : A;-
' The expenditure on "The Mollycoddle,"'
according to the figures compiled by
John Fairbanks, general manager, and
Ieeds Baxter, auditor, is just a few dol
lars short of a half million. This is
more than $100,000 more than the cost of
any previous Fairbanks production.
, 'The Mollycoddle" is now in the hands
of the cutters, so that the picture will
be ready for release early next month.
PICTUEE IS THEtttEl
Fairbanks has given the picture world
many, spectacular productions during
the Cast- four VPr hut aivnttln : h
those who have viewed early screenings
ot -rne Mollycoddle," tills latest "Big
Four" offering excels all others. '. "
There are numerous outstanding f ea
tures in The Afollycoddle" which. It Is
believed, will cause even more comment
than was heard : about some of the
spectacular and mystifying episodes in
"When the Clouds Roll By," Fairbanks'
second United 'Artists picture.
gome inkling as to the nature of the
SDeed Of . Th MnllvrvulHI." w
gathered from the fact that the athletic
duu- wu war times mjurea wniie per
forming in this production, twice to such
an extent as to; cause him to discontinue
bis work for ' two periods of 15 days
BfiOKE HIS FHTGEB '
The most serious Inlurr ram, tn T!"q
banks when the company was on loca
tion In ' Arizona at the S HopI ; Indian
reservation vhera whiia itnimr
he was thrown from his seat rn a.
high spirited mount and sustained a
double break of the index- fnrai vi.
right hand. Scarcely had this hart
mended and the activities were resumed
when the star was again the victim of
an- accident, beine bariml nnf a f
earth and rock during the filming of a
reauuc ianasuae scene. .- -
. Besides numerous innovations which
are Included in rh xrniivvi
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character which - prevents i their - dis
closure until the production la released,
a new leading woman will be seen play
ing ODDOSite Fairbanks, f Kh -.
Renick, formerly of Seattle, a new comer
w screen, wnose work is said to be
indication of a very promising firure
before the camera.
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John McCormio.!r la nn-mr
ing Annette Kellerman. This item does
not mean that the noted singer is ex
ploiting the fair Annette through tenor
thrills, nor has he stopped exercising his
larnyx to use his fingers on the publicity
typewriter. , The John ' McCormick in
question -Ms - a ' former : Ban : Francisco
newspsper man. - ; :-. . i i . , :-.
F. Ziegfeld Jr,
Will Have
New Hits
F ZIEGFELD JR., has announced his
plans for the forthcoming season
and the range of his activities reveals
some productions that New York critics
expect will make theatrical history.
He will star Miss Billie Burke in a
revival of "The - School j for . Scandal."
The presentation will be made about the
middle of September, the plans for an
earlier production having: been .deferred
until that time owing to the difficulty
in procuring a perfect supporting cast.
- Miss Burke will have in her support
Thomas Wise and Norman Trevor. The
regaining members of the company are
yet to. be selected. - The play will be
offered for a short period in New rYork
and then will go -on tour of the larger
cities. Following this tour Miss Burke
will appear in a new comedy, one of
three which Ziegfeld has procured for
her. .. ; . .j . '; .
. The Initial steps toward the produc
tion of the new Follies will be taken
next week, when Ziegfeld will select
the chorus. The "Follies" this year will
con tain an almost com pletely new cast
and will be staged, under the direction
of Edward Royce. It is Ziegfeld's in
tention with the forthcoming 'Follies"
to make , the performance entirely dif
ferent, from his previous efforts, owing
to the amazing number of imitations.
FOIitlES OST BO AD -
- The last year "Follies" will .remain on
the road after the new "Follies" has
opened for its New York run. Irving
Berlin will write the lyrics and music
and there will be additional numbers
by - Dave Stamper, the lyrics for i which
wilt be written by ; Gene Buck. .Victor
Herbert will write the ballet numbers
and James Montgomery will furnish the
dialogue: . . - .- - "'
. By a special arrangement with George
M. Cohan, Messrs. Erlanger and Zieg
feld will present. Leon Krrol, the ceme
dian, te a' play especially written by
George M. Cohan. This' production will
be made In Early, September, f :
Mischa El man, . the celebrated violin
ist, has been commissioned by Ziegfeld
to write an operetta. This production
will also be made in September and El
man has signed a contract to finish the
operetta In plenty of time for fall . re
hearsals. Edward Royce will: stage
three productions,' including the i Elman
opera.. Eddie Cantor, the singing come
dian, will be seen in a musical comedy
written by James Montgomery, the lyr
ics for which are being written by Jo
seph' McCarthy and the music by Harry
Tierny'" : f : .V K.:' " , -'V.:
Miss Marilynn Miller, ? supported i by
Frank Carter, will be starred In a mu
sical, production.
In conjunction with Messrs. Erlanger
and DUlinghami Ziegfeld will also take
part in the new production of Ray
mond Hitchcock's "Hltchy-Koo," the
third of the series, after Hitchcock
closes his present, tour, which has car
ried him to Calif o'rnla.
The original company of the "Mid
night FroUc," which has . been playing
en the New Amsterdam roof for five
years, will also go on a tour of the large
cities - and i Ziegfeld will put into re
hearsals a new "Nine o'clock Frolic"
and a new "Midnight Frolic", one week
following the: opening of the new "Fol
lies." Leon ! Errol will, before being
starred In his new play, stage several
plays. ' ;.. l 's - - i : ' - - '
Messrs - Erlanger. Dillingham and
Ziegfeld, presents lessees of the New
Amsterdam theatre, have procured a ten
years' . lease on the Colonial theatre in
Boston and will take possession on Sep
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Griffith Has .
Some ildeas an
M. P. Censorship
David Griffith has gone to Harris
burg, writes Luella O. Parsons in the
New York Telegraph, to have a " little
confab with Governor - Sproul. The ap
pointment was arranged to give Griffith
opportunity .to submit to the governor a
few . facts about censorship and other
film matters now subjects of legislation.
The truth of the 'matter is at the end of
the producer's tongue,: and unless he
"A good cabinet member shouldn't
venture out anywheres without a
good cushion " ;
a new needle and It would probably
work, whereas if Connie Mack put
in a new ; pitcher he probably
wouldn't. , ; !
So I said to Tiny:
VI think this guy has got a good
idear, namely that when he goes to m.
place that he has got to pay to get in j
but he don't think he Is going to get
a whole lot of entertainment out of
it, why he brings along his own en
tertainment, in case the ' entertain
ment he paid for. don't live up to the
expectorations." r
So I and Tiny agreed to recom
mend this system to different people
that goes out trying to enjoy them
self and some times they come home
saying that they had a rotten time,
but if they use this system why they
can't have a rotten time, as follows:
1. Well when you go to a football
game vs. . Yale and Princeton expect
ing to enjoy yourself and you been
reading in the. paper for weeks and
wks. and weeks about the different
stars on. both nines and you finely
get out there and you can't tell 1
man from the other, why bring along
a ouija board and try and make it
find out who is running with the
ball or fumbling it as the case may
be.; ' '
2. "Well, suppose you was going to
a vaudeville show. Well, they's an
old book called "Wit and Humor of
the Age, and when the comedians
is out there you can read that,' and
they's also an old music book called
KlavIer Werke or elementary ex
ercises for -the hands witch gos pret
ty good as reading matter when you
don't like the music acts.
3. Well, suppose you was going to
a dance and you finely got one with
a lady that you didn't know very
well or else you had knew her so long
that you had talked each other out,
well, they's a book called "Speech
and' Manner" with a wholA lot nt
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falls, or stubs his toe and forgets what
he has to say,, he has a list of argu
ments that i are golden in value and
weight; and they are bound to win the
approval of his excellency. v .
Pennsylvania Is a rebel state as re
gards censorship. Ellis Overholtxer and
bis confreres heading the board of cen
sorship have had their say for so long,
the picture public has gron accustomed
to getting an expurgated edition of every
picture.
Now Davfd Griffith and some of the
men who have been forced to endure
this have decided it Is time the governor
of the state had a. few things told to
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Deserter Liyedirilii
Hay Loft 5 Years
v Mr
Paris, May 15.-t ;N. S.) After hid
ing in a hayloft on hi" farm -for more
than five years, . Jean Simon has been
arrested for desertion from the French
army in 1915. - ) -
A. his trial he asserted that for four
months he had subsisted entirely on dry
hay and the flesh of two fowls. -
He was sentenced to serve four years'
imprisonment. : , ,
! "Iena Rivers', Coming, -Characters,
known from coast to coast
among the readers of romances of a few
years ago, will make their stage appear
ance at the Beaker theatre for the week
following "She Walked In Her Sleep."
when the dramatised! version of "Lena
Rivers" will be the attraction. The play
will give opportunities to Lillian Foster,
John Fee and the other members of the
Baker Stock company,, to appear In the
big parts created by i Mary G. Holmes,
the author of the book. Walter Gilbert
promises an elaborate stage production.
"Movie" Spies
Look at Own
Pictures
THOUGH the audience was In blissful
ignorance of the fact, the Hamilton
theatre, a' little suburban movie house
at Tankers, "35 minutes i from Broad
way, was filled , with motion picture
spies' the other night when the regu
larly billed feature was switched and
the latest D. W, Griffith production
substituted for the. last show.
Among the eavesdroppers present were
D. W. Griffith himself. Richard Barth
elmess. the actor, and officials of the
First National Exhibitors' circuit, which
distributes Griffith productions. The
picture was shown under the title of
"Black Beach.": having been adapted
from Ralph Stock's story of the same
nsme. but" the title has since been
ehanged to The Gamest Girl." Barthel
mess and Carol Dempster have the lead
ing roles.'.. :.;f,;-i-: - -
It was all prearranged by ? Griffith,
who wanted to see how the picture would
"go." When announcement was made of
the change In program . most of those
who had seen the first show stayed for
the second. The usual situation in a
motion picture theatre was In a sense
reversed, when the audience became the
whole show for film stars, directors and
magnates. i . . . - ,
While the audience watched the pic
ture, Griffith and his associates, scat
tered through the house, studied. the au
dience, made, note of .their comments
and how' their emotions were affected. :
This was 'the third public "test" Mr.
Griffith has made on his productions in
the last few montha The first was
made when "The Greatest Question"
was shown at Yonkers some time ago,
and the second more recently at Mount
Vernon, when "The Idol Dancer" -was
exhibited. : These testa, according to
Griffith, reveal the mind of the picture
going public and materially aid him in
Improving his picture.
Vaudeville Artists
Had .'Big' Day
National Vaudeville Artists' day was
observed last "week In all the vaudeville
theatres of the United States and Can
ada by decree of the Vaudeville Mana
gers' Protective association, whose mem
bers gave the gross proceeds of the
matinee performances to the sick fund
and Insurance fund of the actors' organ
ization. It is estimated that 1250,000
was raised for- the N. V. A . One day
each year hereafter, will be designated
N. V. A. day, and the matinee receipts
will be given to the club. In New York
capacity audiences ruled at the vaude
ville houses in the afternoon. The day
had been widely advertised, and as It
was a benefit performance x at the ex
pense of the managers, the vaudeville
fans packed the theatres. The artists on
most bills presented afterpieces, or sur
prise acts, as a holiday feature.
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Anita Stewart Is Busy -
Anita Stewart, after a short rest fol
lowing completion of "The Yellow -Typhoon,"
has begun work as the star In
another First National picture. "Har
riet and the Piper," adapted from the
story by Kathleen Norrls, which ran
serially In the Pictorial Review, Louis
B. Mayer has purchased the screen
rights of several other - well known
plays and books, to be used as starring
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Baby Signed Up
Before She ! Come
To This World
To have been cast for the role of
a S-weeks-old baby, before her
birth Is the distinction attained by
"Baby Democracy" De Leon, who
appears in the final scenes of Lee
Francis L y b a r g e r s entertaining
screen attraction, ""Democracy The
Vision ltestored."i !
When Director William Nlffh wa
preparing the - working scenario of
this timely picture ' he chanced to
remark to i Walter Dei Leon, on of
the players, that he would require a
3-weeks-old baby for drama! ic hoohwi
toward the close of the production.
Immediately, De Leon leaned toward
Nigh and whispered nofmethlng In the
director's ear. j ' i j
Then followed a pannage of time.
Sure enough, when j Nigh's anftlst
snt, "Benny" Behrena. telephoned h
"call" at the Ic Leon household
-that "Baby Democracy" Ivan wanted
for the next day's -srenes. he iwuh
told that her little tnajeaty would
be on hand at the ttuoln?d hour.
vehlclen for .Ml us Stewart. 'Tl In
clude "Sowing the Wind" Bnd "Judith
of Blue Lake Ranch." (In rdtr to tre
vent the renulta thst i sometime ! come
from rushing a picture. MImm Ktewhrt
plans on making only, four production
a year. ,..' I
The French pugilist, i Georges Curpen
tler, will begin his. movie work with sn
original scenario by Daniel Carson Good
man, the playwright, and It will not be
a pugilistic story. j
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MISCHA GUTERSON,
Director General .
Mar. 5533
J. C. STILLE.
Manager
Rivoli Concert Orchestral
' personally directed by
, MISCHA GUTERSON " ;
, " famous Russian conductor j
SPECIAL SUNDAY CONCERT 1
12:30 Noon Today
Mldsammernight's Dream . . . . ... .... . . .Mendelaaohn
My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice Saint-Saens
Mile- Modiste .Herbert
Musetta Waltz from La Boheme. .Puccini
Introducing; Miss Phyllis Wolfe
Jolly Fellows ........................ .It. Vollstedt
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Mile. Modiste -. . . .Herbert
Musetta Waltz from La Boheme .....Puccini
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